Jonathan Marks

@marksjo1.bsky.social

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Professor, freelance writer, author of Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education

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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 2d

i mean it sounds absurd to say that college admissions is the rationale for a standardized testing regime that teaches writing as mad libs and fragmented excerpt reading

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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s my argument about AP and the humanities— www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Shortchanged

How Advanced Placement Cheats Students

www.press.jhu.edu

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10d

Nothing to worry about, just the chief regulator of the media pressuring a television network to fire a critic of the president.

Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 10d

FCC Chair Brendan Carr just shared a Truth Social post from Trump calling for Seth Meyers to be fired

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 11d

Problem: it's late. Family's asleep. But screeching "They Want to Kill Us! We Can't Play By The Rules Anymore!" is the only mode of self-soothing that works for me now.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 11d

In case you were wondering why the DOJ Civil Rights Division is investigating a minor scuffle at Berkeley, it’s because the President of the United States saw hype clips circulated by bad-faith click-farmers in the right-wing marketplace, of course.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 16d

No matter how hard I try, and no matter how long it goes on, I just can't get used to the president of the United States routinely promoting lies of the most imbecilic and easily disprovable nature (or in this case mistaking satire for reality).
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

A screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald Trump dated 9 November 2025 in which he wrote "WOW!" and quote-tweeted a meme saying "Breaking: DOGE halts yearly payment of $2.5 million to Barack Obama for 'royalties linked to Obamacare.' Obama has collected this payment since 2010, for a total of $40 million in taxpayer dollars."

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 16d

While you suckers were eating or watching TV or whatever you do, I was out reimagining the possible and then, right after, redefining the possible. My—as I call it—wow factor is off the charts. You? Stuck in the past. Sorry to be blunt. But, for me, every season is truth season.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 17d

"Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals....His actions, which are without precedent in recent decades ... [have created] an atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust that has forced senior officers to take sides and, at times, pitted them against one another."

Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 19d

I'm not saying that liberal feminism has ruined the workplace. What I am saying is that Dave from Psychology and I were born to be warriors, are not allowed to be warriors, and are also ridiculed when we try to bring this up under "New Business" at faculty meetings.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Oct 25

Imagine what would have happened if Biden or Obama sent masked goons into deep red neighborhoods in Texas or Florida and they started grabbing people off the street and teargassing anyone who objected

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Oct 25

Video from today's first gas attack.

Saturday morning in Chicago.

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Oct 25

70% off this month. How can you afford *not* to get my book? Don't make me rely on reclusive billionaire, Timothy Mellon to help P.U.P unload what an internal Signal chat to which I was accidentally added calls "that *#$% albatross." press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Let's Be Reasonable

A conservative college professor's compelling defense of liberal education

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George Pearkes @peark.es · Oct 22

lol, great, so we're now subsidizing Argentine ranchers at the expense of American ranchers. Seems politically sustainable, no questions from me.

*US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Oct 22

Took my enemy down a notch by calling him "vainglorious" on the faculty floor. He later told friends, "I was ready to be called vain, but I was not ready for that!" My two supporters carried me out on their shoulders, even though one had a calf strain from the last time.

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Oct 20

In contrast, my petition to replace Bad Bunny with a karaoke contest between me, the captain of each competing team, and an AI of the late Captain Lou Albano, is receiving no coverage because the MSM doesn't want you to know about it.

Angie @advangela2000.bsky.social · Oct 18

An online petition is looking to replace Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show with 37-year-old country artist George Strait.
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This is so fucking ridiculous!

Online petition to replace Bad Bunny's performance at Super Bowl sparks debate

An online petition is looking to replace Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show with 73-year-old country artist George Strait.

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Angie @advangela2000.bsky.social · Oct 18

An online petition is looking to replace Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show with 37-year-old country artist George Strait.
nbcbay.com/vmXhPns

This is so fucking ridiculous!

Online petition to replace Bad Bunny's performance at Super Bowl sparks debate

An online petition is looking to replace Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show with 73-year-old country artist George Strait.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Oct 5

ICE has been paying private security for 24/7 guards to watch a guy with no record whose leg they fucked up so badly he has been in a hospital for over a month, and we wonder why people were handing Tom Homan bags of cash.

Via @kyledcheney.bsky.social

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On August 27, 2025, Petitioner was arrested at the Carson Car Wash in Carson,
California by uniformed Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) officers and unidentified
plainclothes federal agents. See Pet. ¶¶ 16, 48; Santiago Decl. ¶ 3. During the arrest,
Petitioner sustained severe leg injuries. See Pet. ¶ 48; Santiago Decl. ¶ 5. He was
handcuffed and transported by CBP to the emergency room at Harbor-UCLA Medical
Center in Carson, California. Id.
At the hospital, Petitioner was admitted under a “blackout” procedure for patients
in law-enforcement custody and was registered under the pseudonym “Har Maine UNK
Thirteen.” Santiago Decl. ¶ 7. Federal agents remained at Petitioner’s bedside during
admission, transfer to non-public treatment areas, and throughout his stay, keeping him
handcuffed to his hospital bed. Id. ¶ 6.
On or about August 27, 2025, CBP transferred custody of Petitioner to ICE. See Pet.
¶ 48. He remains detained at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center under the supervision of ICE,
which has contracted with Spectrum Detention Services (“Spectrum”) to provide guards.
See Santiago Decl. ¶ 8; Pet. ¶ 48.
Since that date, two to four uniformed guards—either Spectrum employees or ICE
agents—have been continuously stationed in Petitioner’s hospital room, monitoring him at
all times, including while he sleeps, eats, uses the restroom, or receives medical care. See
Santiago Decl. ¶¶ 9–10.

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Jeremy C. Young @jeremycyoung.bsky.social · Sep 30

I'm hiring! www.aacu.org/about/employ...

Associate Director | AAC&U

A VOICE AND A FORCE FOR LIBERAL EDUCATION. AAC&U advances the vitality and democratic purposes of undergraduate liberal education.

www.aacu.org

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Sep 30

Been a while since I saved the humanities singlehandedly and very quickly. Today, on my dog walk, I noticed, though it was quite early, a group in the park that was on day two of reading Don Quixote aloud. They waved their thanks. I smiled and nodded. Clyde let out a humanities-celebrating "woof!"

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Sep 25

I have been on a”victory tour” to celebrate how I recently saved the humanities. In every state, someone comes up to me and says some variant of “Sir! No one thought the humanities could be saved. But you saved them very quickly!”

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Sep 24

Some professional news. I have saved the humanities. The humanities are safe, thanks to me.

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Sep 25

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Sep 24

Some professional news. I have saved the humanities. The humanities are safe, thanks to me.

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Sep 24

Some professional news. I have saved the humanities. The humanities are safe, thanks to me.

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Sep 23

People are unfair. In my own recent speech at the U.N., I focused on when I sent a letter to them suggesting they change their name to the Justice League, because of the crossover potential. They went in a different direction, I said, and now they're doing badly and I'm amazing.

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Sep 22

Me: I consumed some hummus today and can't figure out whether this means I'm anti-Palestinian or implicitly killed Jesus or Charlie Kirk. Or does it mean all of these things? I mean, I just like hummus.

My sensitivity consultant: Was it ultraprocessed?

Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Sep 22

I wrote this, re: Kirk's organization, in 2022. None of it was or is grounds for suppressing TPUSA on campuses (which was attempted at some), or for the loathsome killing of Kirk. But, amid a push for new chapters it shouldn't get to sail under false colors either. www.chronicle.com/article/red-....

Opinion | I’m a Conservative. I’m Dismayed by Right-Wing Campus Activists.

A populist conservatism that bears an uncomfortable resemblance to McCarthyism confronts colleges.

www.chronicle.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Sep 21

Personalist regime tries to set up another mechanism of control. Silicon Valley firms will be subject to the whims of the mad king.

Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · Sep 20

The H1-B visa thing is, like everything else in the Trump administration, set up to carve up exceptions for friends and punish enemies. It’s the authoritarian thru-line that stitches everything together.

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Reuters @reuters.com · Sep 11

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Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said the United States would "respond accordingly to this witch hunt" after former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Sep 6

I reviewed Eve Grace and Christopher Kelly's Letters from Rousseau, which includes some letters never before available in English and fresh translations of letters that are hard to get now that the Collected Writings are, lamentably, out of print. lawliberty.org/book-review/...